July Compact Sales: Toyota Corolla Reclaims Sales Title From Civic

Returning to its usual place at the top of the list, the Toyota Corolla takes the sales lead for July, selling 30,883 units. The Corolla narrowly edged out runner-up Honda Civic, which sold an impressive 30,038 units. The Civic dethroned the Corolla in June of this year, selling 32,301 units compared to Toyota’s sales of 30,945. Third-place Hyundai moved a total of 22,213 Elantras in July, up from last month’s sales of 17,168.

The Chevrolet Cruze beats out competitor Ford Focus for fourth place, with 20,926 units sold. Ford comes in at number five, with 17,724 units sold. Focus sales, while still behind the Chevrolet Cruze, rose 5.7 percent, up from last year’s 16,764. The Cruze took a 17.8-percent nose-dive from last year’s sales of 25,447 units.A large gap exists between the sixth- and seventh-place spots, with the Nissan Sentra selling 17,579 units, and the Mazda3 trailing behind in seventh place with 9381 sales. Dodge barely pushes ahead of Subaru to claim the eighth spot, selling 7483 models over the 7373 Impreza/WRX sales, placing Subaru in the ninth position.

The Kia Forte lags in tenth with 5566 sales, down 23.5 percent from last year’s 7277 sales. Finally, pulling in at an unfortunate last place is the Volkswagen Golf, with a dismal 719 units moved. While sales of the Golf have never been particularly strong when compared to the rest of the segment, this lack of sales may be a result of the 2015 Golf just now hitting dealer lots, with not enough to meet demand. We should see a spike in sales of Golfs in the coming months.Source: The Automakers

@MT-EEG you guys really know how to advertise Mazda on the internet... if i didnt know any better, i would honestly think you guys were paid adverts. why not stop typing Mazda in every Toyota article and go buy the damn thing. trust me, they need your sales!

Weak Sauce. I could care less about who "wins" the sales contest between these two boring compacts because other than the Si model (which is good enough to make me at least consider tolerating the stupid a$$ 2T dash) there isn't a Civic or Corolla worthy of consideration by enthusiasts. Dodge needs to quit farting around and come up with a Dart SRT-4 or at least a Dart R/T worthy of the badge, just as Chevrolet is long overdue to develop a high performance Cruze SS. Performance models may never fly off dealer lots but they get gearheads on the lot in the first place, ready to be talked into buying a regular model by their significant other after an invigorating test drive of the sport version....

@Emajor75@92Vectra1.6i My neighbor has a 2003 elantra and it is a POS. Now granted i have no idea how they take care of their vehicles but it had an engine swap and rattled like crazy on the freeway and the drivers door handle and the passenger window didnt work. They must have liked something because they just bought a Sonata though...

...and Subaru, and Mazda, who both have similar sales numbers as VW and can't seem to compete head on with the bigger brands in the sales race. But yes, it is no secret that VW executives are frustrated by the American market. Why they haven't released a real CR-V/Escape CUV competitor yet is beyond me, it's the hottest segment right now and has been growing for years.

@Emajor75 Yes, they did and it's named Tiguan. The problem VW has is at least two-fold. Lack of value, all their cars are way to expensive compare to competition, and secondly, all have horrible reputation for reliability.

@Emajor75 The Dart has a poor powertrain. Its also overweight. Its also small and expensive. People buy compacts not for the top of the line features but for the basics. The Corolla, Civic, Elantra, Cruze dont dissapoint at doing so. How else do you expect these to sell so well? Top selling cars may not appeal to you, but thats just one customer they lost and 30K they gained in a month.

Yoma, my statement was neutral, merely pointing out that they
know the market well. Those cars may not be my personal cup of tea, but
you won't see me insulting their owners, calling someone a lemming, or
blaming the poor performance of the Dart on the Hyundai automatic
transmission like any number of commenters around here. We've had Toyotas in the family before and have had good experiences with them, I understand why they sell.